unearths some literary gems.
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"There you are! I always said it." [...]
"Always. I don't know what it was you always said, but you always did, and I wish I'd had the wit and intelligence to say it first."
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Why were [the partner names in legal practices] always in threes? Magical number. Seven was too many.
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"Wasn't there something at the back of my mind about her and Stephen--"
"I wouldn't want to look at the back of your mind!"
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